Vũ Văn Thái[1][2] (26 January 1919 – 19 April 1994) was a Vietnamese engineer and economist, and former Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States.[3]
Vũ Văn Thái | |
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.jpg) Thái in Taipei, 1960 | |
| South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 16 December 1965 – December 1966 | |
| President | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu |
| Preceded by | Trần Thiện Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Bùi Diễm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1919 Hanoi, French Indochina |
| Died | 19 April 1994 (aged 75) Saint-Tropez, France |
| Spouse | Simone Garoute |
| Children | 3 |
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Life
editEarly life
editVũ Văn Thái was born on 26 January 1919 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin protectorate, French Indochina.[4][5][6]
After receiving secondary education in Vietnam, Vũ Văn Thái went to France to study.[5] From 1939 to 1944, he studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and received a diploma in science. From 1944 to 1946, he entered the National Scientific Research Center on a scholarship.[7]From 1946 to 1949, Vũ Văn Thái served as laboratory director at the National Scientific Research Center.[7] He graduated from Sorbonne University in 1954 with a Master of Science diploma.[8]
Although Vũ Văn Thái's father, a famous Vietnamese textile manufacturer, was murdered by the Việt Minh in 1947,[9] As a Viet Minh sympathizer, Vũ Văn Thái supported the Viet Minh's resistance to the French colonialists in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[10][11] During this period, he served as Hồ Chí Minh's adviser in the negotiations for Vietnam's independence.[11][12] When efforts to negotiate failed, fighting broke out between the Việt Minh and the French, and Vũ Văn Thái left the Việt Minh after confirming their communist nature.[11]
Political career
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After the Geneva Conference in 1954, Vũ Văn Thái joined the government of the State of Vietnam.[5][11]He successively served as the director of the Tonggan Dam Reconstruction Planning Bureau,[7] and director of the Budget and Foreign Aid Bureau.[note 1][13] In 1961, a conflict broke out between Vũ Văn Thái and Ngô Đình Diệm, and he resigned from the government.[5] He then moved to the United Nations Secretariat, where he served first as a consultant in the Finance and Financial Sector and then as a consultant to the Government of Togo.[13]
After Diệm was overthrown by a coup, Vũ Văn Thái returned to Vietnam and was appointed ambassador to the United States, but he declined the appointment after Nguyễn Khánh launched a military coup and returned to the United Nations Secretariat and was appointed as the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs [13]
In 1965, Vũ Văn Thái served as the third Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States, and submitted his credentials to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on 16 December 1965.[14] In December 1966, Vũ Văn Thái was replaced as ambassador to the United States.[15]
On 19 April 1994, Vũ Văn Thái passed away in Saint-Tropez, France.[4]
Family
editHis wife, Simone Garoute, is French, and they have three daughters.[3][5][10]
Notes
edit- ^ 越南語：Tổng Nha Ngân Sách và Ngọai Viện
References
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越南經濟訪問團中，有顧問一人，係由越南政府預算及外援局局長武文泰擔任，武局長並擔任政府其他重要公職，對中越經濟合作素表興趣
- ^ a b "Vietnamese Ex-Envoy Tells of Meeting Ellsberg". The New York Times. 1972-01-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ a b "Thai Vu Van". familysearch. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Biography of Vu Van Thai, undated" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Le Minh (1958). Wu, Felix L. (ed.). Vietnam. 香港: Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ a b c United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs (1959-07-31). Situation in Vietnam: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate, Eighty-Sixth Congress, First Session on the Situation in Vietnam. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 112. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). The Washington Post. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). The Washington Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ a b Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ a b c d "Briefing Note For President Lyndon B. Johnson: Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Van Thai" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. 1966-01-28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Thomas, Geoffrey L. (1966-03-24). "Vu Van Thai". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ a b c "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services, United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (1966). The Department of State Bulletin. Vol. 第 54 卷. Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Times, Kathleen Teltsch Special to The New York (1971-12-31). "Vietnamese Called Ellsberg Co-Conspirator Is an Economist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-17.